Matteo Dian is an Associate Professor at the University of Bologna, Department of Social and Political Science, and authored several books on the releation between China, East Asia and the West. He holds a PhD from the Scuola Normale Superiore (Italian Institute of Human and Social Sciences) in Florence.
Silvia Menegazzi is Assistant Professor at the Department of Political Science, at the LUISS Guido Carli University in Rome, and founding member of the Study Centre on Contemporary China (CSCC).